Episode #104: “Conflict resolution.”

A stereophonic open indicates that this will be a show unlike any other, in which Rosen cedes the storytelling floor to Goldbrener, who relates an ultimately unresolved tale of terror and conflict on a San Francisco city bus. We leave it up to you, listeners, to suggest the best way for your favorite Libertarian Warrior Jew to avoid future conflict, because

Conflict on the bus is NOT good for the Jews.

Meanwhile, Rosen is again dodging the anti-Israel barbs of well-meaning neighbors and learning a little something about tribalism as part of the bargain, and Goldbrener’s young daughter is facing hostility at the sandwich shop. Eventually, completely spent after an exhausting hour of discussing conflict, the boys find a ray of Jewish light to carry them through the week: namely, that global sports celebrity David Beckham recently stated that he identifies as Jewish.

How bad can it be when Becks is one of us?

About Larry Rosen

Was born Jewish, raised Jewish and educated Catholic. He is a “Jewsuit”. He is also a husband, father, newspaper and magazine writer, habitual wearer of baseball caps and author of the soon-to-be-released memoir about his son’s bar mitzvah, “The Rabbi Has Left the Building.”
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